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Law enforcement sources, crime analysts and others have identified free trade zones as arguably the biggest threat to the safety of vaccine supplies in Africa. Mombasa is at the top of the list of ports already a major conduit for falsified and substandard medicines. Lack of a continental strategy to stop the spread of fake Covid vaccines means countries are acting in isolation. Black-green tears of moss streak the facades of once-white buildings. The city is a maze of narrow streets, some cobb...

Damilola Banjo, an investigative journalist and staffer of the BBC Pidgin service, has suffered what officials described as ‘victimisation’ from her employer who accused her of speaking to PREMIUM TIMES on the lingering controversies regarding the sex-for-grades documentary. The British media organisation has been in the news lately after one of its staff, Ogechi Obidiebube, attempted suicide for not being ‘credited’ for her role in the documentary. Rather than mention her name in the ...

attempted suicide for not being ‘credited’ despite her immense contribution to the sex-for-grades documentary. Rather than mention her name in the section of the closing credits, a pseudonym, “Kemi Alabi”, was credited. However, multiple sources in the British media organisation, who spoke with PREMIUM TIMES, have shed lights on how Ms Obidiebube was assigned a pseudonym. Backstory Kiki Mordi, a freelance journalist, alongside members of the British media investigative team, Africa Eye,...